Thanks for the follow-up info. I read a rather long article about Port Royal a year or so ago. Maybe History.com, maybe Smithsonian, maybe some other site. It dealt it a great many issues. The gist seemed to point to a multitude of reasons for three demise of the city.
An ACT OF GOD would also fit the bill. Thanks.
You’re welcome, but the point I was trying to make was that tragedies aren’t manifestations of God’s wrath; they may occur as a consequence in God’s creation to ignoring God’s instructions, but good people also face tragedies.
(Please forgive me, if I come across like I’m teaching something I know more about; I’m only seeking to call such things to mind for our mutual benefit and discussion.)
When God does intervene in his Creation, it isn’t to display his wrath, but to show the power of his mercy. Why did good people in Lisbon die, yet vile people of Quebec were given the miraculous chance of repentance? Not because of God’s judgment — this life is but a blink of an eye and matters which seem of such great importance, even life and death, are immaterial to our eternal life. But because God willed to save the certain souls, not just of Quebec, but of those who would learn of Quebec, so that his mercy might be demonstrated.